A lethargic, lonely looking Larky....
Keen to see if the hard weather movement was continuing I took Bunty up to the coast path, walked south to the Bathing House and back via Howick Lane. We were out from 8.40 - 9.35am...
First up, while I was feeding the garden birds, a Waxwing, alone for a change, was up in a tall tree in the copse calling like mad, seemingly looking for its colleagues. It soon departed to the south.
Viz miggers up near the coast path were -
Woodpigeon 223 S and 21 N I am always unsure whether these are locals looking for new feeding spots or are they really moving off to milder climes? Those moving south were quite high and steady in their flight so I feel they weren't just going down the road...
Curlew 9 S
Skylark 4 S thats all with about a dozen in the fields. A sharp drop off from yesterday.
Brambling 4 S
Pinkfooted Geese 57 S
Tree Sparrow 1 S high along the shore.
Goldfinch 25 S in single figure parties.
Siskin 2 S
Greenfinch 1 S
Other than those appearing to migrate were -
Peregrine 1 adult male S later seen going N at 4pm presumably back to roost.
Woodcock 11 including 4 in one gorse bush.
Snipe 1 or 2 in the back field.
A Grey Seal was 'bottling' close in while 3 Roe Deer were in the open looking for food. See accidental shot of one below. You can clearly see its a buck...
7 comments:
Love the deer picture, Stewart. What a relief to have a day without snow. I dug out down to the road again yesterday morning and a tractor with a large bucket dug up the road making it easier to get away to the village and beyond. Can't say I'm sorry but I do wonder what more bad weather the winter will bring. It's certainly been worse than last year. Thanks for the super review of my Brambling id (Lars Johnson's book showed the 1st winter bird and my other pictures, not on the blog, all seem to be of 1st winter males too).
Stringing deer now eh?
Emma - I see that you ahve mountains of snow and minus 16 degrees...It will be a while before the daffs are up...PS Lars is better than the Collins Guide, any day!
Michael - Hehehe...I've ticked worse ;)
I bet the woodpigs were on the move - you hear amazing tales from places like Flambrough of woodpigeon passage but we don't see it that often!
That last photo looks like it could of been taken here Stewart !
Still getting Waxwings then....sulk sulk.
Ipin - Yep I think so...
Warren - The photo is looking towards the lane into our village. That plantation on the hill can be viewed from our kitchen window. If I were to pan right, the sea is about 400yds away.
Warren - Waxwings yes, but not many berries left. There is an apple tree in our village absolutely hanging with fruit and I thought this lone bird would start there but it didnt...
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